King James Version
Ezekiel 20:36 in the King James Version says “Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 20:36 · KJV
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: bond: or, delivering
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“Like as I pleaded”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with your fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“Like as I pleaded”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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